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The article doesn't talk about how "hard" a text is - nor does it equate in some simple way the amount of brain activity with how "good" a text is. One of the joys of literature is just that it is, or can be if that's what we are into, about much more than just absorbing stuff, but about being affected by it, it can provide us with insights about ourselves and the world we live in and it can move us with the beauty both of the content of what is expressed and the means by which it is expressed. How it does that is, probably, by activating regions of the brain that less "difficult" texts do not.
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The article claims that the more difficult texts caused the brain to work harder. The real question just what this means. Does it make your brain stronger, like exercise makes muscles stronger? |
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I'm pretty sure that falling asleep ten minutes into reading Shakespeare is doing nothing for my brain except giving me a minor concussion as the e-reader bounces off my head.
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My person trainer has put me on a new regime: 10 mins Shakespeare warmup, 30 mins "Finnegans Wake", 10 min Terry Pratchett cool down. I figure it'll make me pretty buff, just like this guy: |
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Good luck buying a hat.
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Now Terry Pratchett, there's an author who is good for your brain. I've read the more popular of Shakespeare's plays. I liked them well enough. I also read Henry VIII, one his his least popular plays. I don't think that one did my brain much good.
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^That explains a lot.
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More humourous repartee please .....
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